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Chicago examiner vol vi no 97 a m monday april 13 1908 10 pages price one cent 11 "" 4 *_ carrier 30 cents per mont president confers with bacon and tatt on mukden jap outrage await gable tb-day from minister rockhill before taking definite action senators are guarded cabinet officer says fleet's cruise is help but mikado's men are insolent washington april 12 â€” it was learned jate to-night that the president assistant sec retary bacon and socretary tai:t talked over the mukden matter to-day in the absence of an official statement they assumed that consul straight had made a report of the incident to minister rockhill at pekin that min ister kockhill would in turn communi cate with the state department by cable to-morrow and then with the official facts before them they would act the mukden incident which has called for this decisive action was precipitated by a japanese postman who broke into the american consul ate at mukden several days ago and assaulted the consul mr straight the subsequent attitude of the japa nese government in sustaining the postman pending an investigation and curtly telling mr straight that the matter was a question of veracity be tween himself and the postman con veyed a covert insult which has re sulted in the action by this govern ment expect reply to-day by cable in order to facilitate the securing of a statement a cable was sent to-day to min ister rockhill and consul straight asking for all facts connected with the case a reply is expected to-morrow a prominent government official said to night i know straight personally he is well named he is a good clean able fellow snd not one who would make a mistake the invasion of a consulate and an at tack upon the consul is one of the gravest breaches of international etiquette it is something that calls for a prompt apology and punishment of the offenders i assume that nothing will be done until the facts are officially known and that will take a few days until then judgment should not be passed captain richard p hobson who made a speech in the house yesterday saying that rhe war clouds were gathering and that we must face the contingency of a war with japan when seen to-night said this is simply a specific case i don't think it proves anything one way or the other it is the general conditions that 1 spoke of in my talk yesterday they are rave and portentous the assault upon mr straight at mukden if it is as the press dispatches report is only a mani festation time will verify my prediction i don't care to discuss it any further must have it out says senator i of course we don't know officially just what happened but it is safe to assume rtiat the facts are practically as they have been stated was the statement made to night by a ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee in referring to the mukden affair this is not news to me said this sen ator we have had similar cases before and the japanese have always been found in a truculent no-compromise attitude we have got to have it out some day it is a good thing that the fleet is on the pacific we are ready for them if they et too high and mighty when inquiry was made about the mat ter t the state department to-day the sub ject was treated in the most guarded man ner but there was every indication that 1 he administration is thoroughly aroused a prominent cabinet official said to-night japs insolent says cabinet officer this is not a sporadic or isolated case the government's representatives in the far east have frequently come in col lision with the japanese authorities and whenever there has been a clash the japanese have always assumed a curt in solent and an uncompromising attitude i don't think i am betraying any se cret when i say the decision to send the fleet to the pacific was largely determined by the insufferable tactics ot the japanese in official intercourse of that impatience has been unellorated since the fleet arrived in the pacific but it seems to be breaking out igain there is no desire on the part of the administration to be unjust intemperate or hasty but yon can be assured that the in terests of this country will be safeguarded asked what effect this matter would have upon the insistent demand of the president for an appropriation sufficient to build four new battleships members of the senate to night declared they were not prepared to itate definitely they admitted however that if the late-jt report of difficulty between japan and tlie ljniu^sj*Â«tes in manchuria proved to be b hnight sweep aside the objections sjjsj "â€¢" llje senators have to the austrian governor in poland assassinated by ruihenian student brother of count andreas potocki's slayer commits suicide at same moment officis falls special cable to examiner demberg austria-hungary april 12 count andreas i'olocki governor of the austrian-polish province of tjalioia was as sassinated in his palace this afternoon by a uutheni.tn student not since the assas sination of the empress of austria has he monarcby been so stirred by a similar crime the governor was giving an aadience lo a delegation oft students and peasants his assassin a young man named micro ship sziezynski son or an eminent rutherrian clergyman approached the governor in the throng that was passing before him where he stoojl beneath a por trait of the emperor the student's hand holding the pistol was concealed in a long roll of paper which the guards had mis taken for a petition as s-iczynski readied the side of the governor he thrust forward the document as though to present it then fired three ishots in quick succession through the length of the paper roll the governor started forward tried to clutch his slayer then crying catch the rascal he fell with a groan all three bullets entered his body in the abdomen and lungs he died lying on the floor where he fell while the gendarmes were dragging the assassin away before expiring he called his secretary to his side and gasped fl hasten to inform his majesty af once i was his most faithful servant the soldiers threatened to massacre the entire delegation of peasants and students and a scene of the utmost eicitement fol lowed as the assassin was led through the governor's ante-chamber he turned to the crowd of peasants and cried i have done this for you the assassin's brother who had been in formed of the plan for potocki's murder committed suicide in another part of the citt at the exact moment the governor was siain the assassin declares that he committed the crime because he thought it his duty to revenge the i'oies for the oppression potocki's government had imposed on the peasants Â«, i o o f grand scribe dies by leap into well i h c feltman commits suicide while mind is unbalanced by illness salem 11 april l-.-henry c felt man present grand scribe of the encamp ment of the Illinois i o o f committed suicide at his home here last night by jumping into n well forty feet deep he had been in 111 health for several years and constant brooding unbalanced his mind he leaves a widow one son and a daughter grand master frederick p snelling of Chicago and other head officers of the odd fellows will attend the funeral tuesday henry c feltman vn3 born in st louis in 1849 but had resided here since 3850 he had been a delegate to every democratic state convention since he became of age he was postmaster here under cleveland's administration mayor elty clerk and judge thaw's mother offers summer home for rent plans to pass several months in eu rope with daughter pittsburg pa april 12 mrs wil liam thaw has advertised her summer home elmhurst grange located at cres son on top of the allegheny mountains for rent it is announced that mrs thaw will carry out her intention of spending the summer in europe with the former coun tess of yarmouth her daughter she may remain abroad for a year or more until the notoriety attached to the recent thaw trial dies out mrs thaw is at present at her winter home in this city her health is extremely poor lyndhurst her old home in this city is now offered for sale while the home that she recently built is occupied by her son joshua thaw offer ex-head of alton presidency of the erie peoria 111 april 12 through a friend of s m felton formerly president of the Chicago & alton and now president of the mexican central railway it was learned to-day that an offer had been made to him to become the president of the erie road the man who made the announcement ex pects mr felton will accept as the erie road is a more important road and more of mr felton's time could be spent in chi cago nearer to friends in the west mayoralty ty recount begins in new york court to-day jurors to decide whether mcclellan was elected in 1905 to be chosen hearst wins long fight battle waged constantly in ail tribunals and before the legislature xew york april 12 before justice john s lambert and a jury in part xviii of the supreme court to-morrow will be began proceeding fvi a recount of the ballots cast at the mayoralty election of 10t>3 the actual opening of the ballot boxes will be begun as soon as the jury is selected all the technical barriers against a re count have finally been swept away and the trial which is an issue in quo warranto begun by attorney general jackson will decide whether or not george b mcclellan was legally elected mayor of xew york xo legal proceeding in a generation has riveted so much of the public attention or approached closer to the fundamentals of the entire system of popular government for two years william randolph hearst has battled in the courts to secure the re count which will formally begin to-morrow twice the case has been carried through every court of the state the records of the various proceedings mostly technical moves against a recount fill several large volumes a hundred law yers have at different times directed the fight many judges have rendered decisions on the various law points raised people force recount law great mass meetings of citizens have been held to demand that the ballots be re counted moved thereby the governor of the state called upon the legislature to pass a law by which the end in view could be attained the bill was passed vetoed by the man who served in mcclellan's place tempora rily passed over this veto and thyen made a law hy receiving the signature of the governor still the fight wenctnr the court of appeals declared the law unconstitutional it seemed that so simple a thing as having a recount made of the ballots which had been carefully preserved under adverse con ditions even though an almost universal demand existed for such recount was im possible patience and determination won even in advance of the decree of the court of appeals on the constitutionality of the law the attorney general had applied to the court for permission to begin quo war ranto proceedings to test mcclellan's rigbl to the office fight wages in many places like a general engagement the fight waged in half a dozen places at once having once gone from the supreme court to the appellate division and then on to the court of appeals the case was once more carried successively through all of these stages on the right of attorney gen eral jackson to institute quo warranto proceedings after his predecessor r nad de clined to take such a step it was the beginning of the end while the court of appeals was declaring the recount law unconstitutional the lower courts were hurrying the proceeding for ward to the same final authority on the legality of the proposed quo warranto pro ceedings ou october 9 last this argument was liÂ»rrd at albany on march 6 came the decision it vindicated the right of the attorney general to open tee ballot boxes in any election distric that be might desig nate and the fight for a recount was won special jury panel drawn on march 30 the special panel of ijo jurors from whom the twelve that will pass upon the case will be selected was drawn in the supreme court and to-mor row morning these talesmen will assemble before justice lambert who has been brought rom buffalo it is thought that al least two days will be consumed in this task so that it will lie wednesday at east before the actual work of opening the ballot boxes will be begun the length of tlie trial is problematical but as each ballot must be examined by the jurors it is estimated that it will be a inoirth or two before the result is known home of rabbi is guarded against blackmailers police constantly present at residence of dr sehanfar ber 4049 grand boulevard he expresses no fear authorities believe threaten ing letters call for continued precautions however attempts to extort money from ilabbi tobias sehanfarber 4049 grand boule vard upon the threat of bodily injury to himself and family have resulted in the establishing of a detail of police about the house and constant watch is icept of the rabb and his family 'â– two threatening letters according to inspector hunt of the hyde park district were received by rabbi sehanfarber with in the past two weeks demanding 300 which was to be deposited in a certain spot at a stated time or vengeance would be meted out the matter was placed in the hands of lieutenant cronin of the police station at fiftieth and state streets and he in torn reported the facts to the inspector after consultation captain haynes and lieuten ant crouln were ordered to investigate the cuse further and upon the request of rabbi sehanfarber a detail of police was sta tioned at the hpuse night and day letter suggests glycerin a person connected with the rabbi's household denied that the police were watching the house upou the request of dr sehanfarber or any one else the statement was made that no threatening letters had been received and that none of the family had any fear later however dr sehanfarber was seen and he admitted that a threatening letter had been written concerning him and his religious work the final words suggesting the use of glycerine to exterminate his family this letter was mailed in may wood and all of the details connected with it have been placed in the hands of united states district attorney sims the rabbi said he has learned nothing further regarding the letter and does not know why the police are watching his home he admits that such is the case however and refuses to discuss the topic at length except to state that the police are not there by his request police consider guard necessary inspector hunt later reiterated his state ment that a guard had been thrown about the sehanfarber home to protect him and the members of his family from harm by enemies or cranks the case was first placed in ihe bands of lieutenant cronin said the inspector and after i was fully apprised of the facts i called captain haynes and lieu tenant cronin in and gave them instruc tions regarding it they have seen lit to place a guard about the home of rabbi sehanfarber and these men have been sta tioned there for the greater part of the w*eek day and night spoke against anarchists rabbi sehanfarber is the head of the kehilath aushe mayriv synagogue indiana avenue and thirty-third streel at the time father le 0 was assassinated by an anarchist in denver while administering communion at mass and during the actions of the amti-clericals and extremists in chi cago which followed dr sehanfarber is said to have expressed himself very for snapshot of mrs john d rockefeller john d rockefeller defies anarchists and kidnapers says i fear no one promenades in new york with grandchildren who were threatened in Chicago guards follow though oil king warns country boys against rushing to the big city new yoiik april 12 1 am not afraid of black-handers dynamiters anarchists kidnapers or anyone who lives john d rockefeller who possesses many millions made this statement to-day and to demonstrate his confidence in his own words paraded fifth avenue with a pretty little grandchild on each side of him it was these very children belonging to bis daughter mrs harold f mccormick that Chicago biaek-hauders had threatened to harm vll fashionable new york was on fifth avenue when the richest man in the world took his promenade it was the church hour and the thoroughfare was thronged with fashionably gowned women and meu every few hundred yards the millionaire had to stop to greet friends it was his first sunday in new york for nearly a year and during his trip from his resi dence in fifty-fourth street to the fifth avenue baptist church in forty-sixth street he had shaken hands just twenty three times at the church the count was lost for the members of the congregation gathered about him aur he shook bands with every one two detectives on guard mr rockefeller appeared to enjoy his walk and was not afraid of being molested there was a private detective alongside one of the children and another immedi ately in the rear they carefully scru tinized every one who stopped to speak to him and accompanied him within an arm's length until he had passed through the vestibule of the church there were three generations of the rockefeller family in the little procession to the church mrs job d rockefeller costumed in her familiar gull of gray rode ahead in the family coupe with a gov erness she reached the church several this photograph of the standard oil magnate and his grandchild utile muriel mccormick was taken on the at rival in new york under strong guard from the south of the rockefeller party l guard killed on loop mysteriously police hear of fight but em ploye gave starting signal too soon the body of frank a beufuss twenty one years old 3913 armour avenue a guard employed by the south side elevated railroad was taken from beneath a ear of the humboldt i'ark branch of the metro politan elevated railroad company at 8:30 o'clock last night by tlie police and em ployes of the union loop company at washington street and fifth avenue the left leg and arm had been cut off and the body was badly burned an inquest will be he'd to-day to determine whether the guard met liis death by accident or vio lence the tragedy is ihe second of the kind that has happened ou the south side ele vated railroad within the past few months in some mysterious manner lyman w barber if 11.;'.i indiana avenue secretary ol the standard car truck com pany was killed on the l road at t'w nty-sixth street l.is friends never were able lo learn the circumstances at icmuuii ,â€¢â– .-â– death motormau perry elberison of the hum boldt i'ark train heard a crushing sound then san a flash from the third rail he stopped the train immediately and with conductor james haul investigated they found the body beneath the ear and sent joseph vonaseck a jruard to the fifth avenue and madison street statiou to in form the officials a tew minutes later conductor o ilen jrickson in charge of a jackson park local train of the south side elevated uotitied rhe statiou agent at the quincy street sta tion that heilfuss was missing i'iic train lispntcher's oilice of the union elevated loop was then notified and inspector tat ick nolan was sent to search for heilfuss yvhile he was searching the message was received that the body of a man had been ound beneath the motor car of the hniii joldt i'ark train the central detail police were informed nel detectives ve-w assigned to investigate beports were circulated that beilfuss lad quarreled with fl passenger and that le might have been thrown from the train rhe police belie e lie fell while cross rom one ear to another or while leaning iver the last platform fixing the dun it v kj-ncaid a new guard is said lo have iolated one ot the company's rules by train withqut a signal from lie rear coaches where beilfufja was traffi on i h loop was stopped uu^)l ii h_l-**i 10,000,000 fire kills 4 injures fifty 1,500 families made home less as city of chelsea is nearly destroyed 20 blocks wiped out smoke from exploding oil tanks smothers sparks and saves east boston blaze hems in churches worshipers flee as 13 edifices fall with 5 schools and 2 hospitals results of disastrous fire at chelsea mass lives lost : 4 persons injured 50 families homeless 1 500 property loss -. 10,000,000 churches destroyed 13 hospitals destroyed 2 banks and savings institutions de stroyed ._} school buildings destroyed ... "^^^ business blocks destroyed 20 factories destroyed 30 tenements destroyed 300 public library and the city hull are in ruins boston april 12 a storm of fire riding with a gale that blew from forty-five to sixty miles an hour swept over the city of chelsea to-day destroying the larger part of the business and residential sections thousands of persons were driven from churches and homes anil so swift was the work of destruction that many had to flee for their lives two women and a man delayed to try and save some of the effects of their homes were burned to death half a hundred men and women are injured and some of them are not expected to live through the night another woman shot herself after going insane over the loss of her property fifteen hundred families are homeless the principal public and private buildings of the city are in ruins the property loss is estimated by the city solicitor to be 10,000,000 twenty business blocks destroyed among the structures destroyed were thirteen churches two hospitals the public library city hall five school buildings twenty business blocks a score of factories and upwards of 300 tenements five banks and savings institutions were burned and the money contained in them is still in the vaults strong forces of guards patrol all the streets to-night to pre vent looting but aside from the money in the vaults of the banks it is not be lieved that much of value will be re covered from the ruins of the burned district _^ at midnight the fire was believed under control a tnira j^pl elements of the fire alone saved the entire city and that part of east boston which at one time was seriously threatened from entire destruction oil tanks explode the fire bad advanced unchecked and the tight against ir had proved entirety futile from 10::!o in the morning until dusk when there was a terrific explosion and the oil tanks of the tidewater oil company on the water front burst into dames thousands of gallous of oil were soon burning and gigantic clouds of dense black smoke rose into hie sky turning the dusk into midnight ami terrifying the people who were being driven before the are but the black smoke proved a blessing in 1 strange guise for it caught up tin il in spar - :, id tmbera thai were scat tie tire ahead of the main column of same smothered them and became a protecting mantle tyiilg bu over chetsen lor a mile nr mon i tin east this spread of he fire and a district which Â« mid o!herwis have been ilestrovej^vas saved by t ikin aj^fctage of this check to th dames thc^m the fire finally â– b bit in its march thr â– â€¢ 1 in ns mar.-h the continued on 2d page 4th column continued on 2d page 2ri column ' *â– jo''uti 1-iai wiii'll - b -â€”,*___-> \ jpfweather indications m f j Chicago and vicinity gen a eraily fair monday and tuesday j v j not much change in temperature fig jui winds mostly southerly amf â€” it boosts results tlie services of the examiner employment exchange arc absolutely free to patrons of the help and situation wanted columns of the examiner and is a twentieth century method introduced by a twentieth century news paper as a means of increasing results for patrons of its columns : : : : : : ; .- its records spell success if you arc in search of a situation call and leave your ad and application : : : : ; â€žâ€¢ examiner employment exchange 70 washington street ik is it lost il fl'jy found columns of the ex j*3 \\ aminer will find it for you fljt j4 try it atyd be convinced tt

Chicago examiner vol vi no 97 a m monday april 13 1908 10 pages price one cent 11 "" 4 *_ carrier 30 cents per mont president confers with bacon and tatt on mukden jap outrage await gable tb-day from minister rockhill before taking definite action senators are guarded cabinet officer says fleet's cruise is help but mikado's men are insolent washington april 12 â€” it was learned jate to-night that the president assistant sec retary bacon and socretary tai:t talked over the mukden matter to-day in the absence of an official statement they assumed that consul straight had made a report of the incident to minister rockhill at pekin that min ister kockhill would in turn communi cate with the state department by cable to-morrow and then with the official facts before them they would act the mukden incident which has called for this decisive action was precipitated by a japanese postman who broke into the american consul ate at mukden several days ago and assaulted the consul mr straight the subsequent attitude of the japa nese government in sustaining the postman pending an investigation and curtly telling mr straight that the matter was a question of veracity be tween himself and the postman con veyed a covert insult which has re sulted in the action by this govern ment expect reply to-day by cable in order to facilitate the securing of a statement a cable was sent to-day to min ister rockhill and consul straight asking for all facts connected with the case a reply is expected to-morrow a prominent government official said to night i know straight personally he is well named he is a good clean able fellow snd not one who would make a mistake the invasion of a consulate and an at tack upon the consul is one of the gravest breaches of international etiquette it is something that calls for a prompt apology and punishment of the offenders i assume that nothing will be done until the facts are officially known and that will take a few days until then judgment should not be passed captain richard p hobson who made a speech in the house yesterday saying that rhe war clouds were gathering and that we must face the contingency of a war with japan when seen to-night said this is simply a specific case i don't think it proves anything one way or the other it is the general conditions that 1 spoke of in my talk yesterday they are rave and portentous the assault upon mr straight at mukden if it is as the press dispatches report is only a mani festation time will verify my prediction i don't care to discuss it any further must have it out says senator i of course we don't know officially just what happened but it is safe to assume rtiat the facts are practically as they have been stated was the statement made to night by a ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee in referring to the mukden affair this is not news to me said this sen ator we have had similar cases before and the japanese have always been found in a truculent no-compromise attitude we have got to have it out some day it is a good thing that the fleet is on the pacific we are ready for them if they et too high and mighty when inquiry was made about the mat ter t the state department to-day the sub ject was treated in the most guarded man ner but there was every indication that 1 he administration is thoroughly aroused a prominent cabinet official said to-night japs insolent says cabinet officer this is not a sporadic or isolated case the government's representatives in the far east have frequently come in col lision with the japanese authorities and whenever there has been a clash the japanese have always assumed a curt in solent and an uncompromising attitude i don't think i am betraying any se cret when i say the decision to send the fleet to the pacific was largely determined by the insufferable tactics ot the japanese in official intercourse of that impatience has been unellorated since the fleet arrived in the pacific but it seems to be breaking out igain there is no desire on the part of the administration to be unjust intemperate or hasty but yon can be assured that the in terests of this country will be safeguarded asked what effect this matter would have upon the insistent demand of the president for an appropriation sufficient to build four new battleships members of the senate to night declared they were not prepared to itate definitely they admitted however that if the late-jt report of difficulty between japan and tlie ljniu^sj*Â«tes in manchuria proved to be b hnight sweep aside the objections sjjsj "â€¢" llje senators have to the austrian governor in poland assassinated by ruihenian student brother of count andreas potocki's slayer commits suicide at same moment officis falls special cable to examiner demberg austria-hungary april 12 count andreas i'olocki governor of the austrian-polish province of tjalioia was as sassinated in his palace this afternoon by a uutheni.tn student not since the assas sination of the empress of austria has he monarcby been so stirred by a similar crime the governor was giving an aadience lo a delegation oft students and peasants his assassin a young man named micro ship sziezynski son or an eminent rutherrian clergyman approached the governor in the throng that was passing before him where he stoojl beneath a por trait of the emperor the student's hand holding the pistol was concealed in a long roll of paper which the guards had mis taken for a petition as s-iczynski readied the side of the governor he thrust forward the document as though to present it then fired three ishots in quick succession through the length of the paper roll the governor started forward tried to clutch his slayer then crying catch the rascal he fell with a groan all three bullets entered his body in the abdomen and lungs he died lying on the floor where he fell while the gendarmes were dragging the assassin away before expiring he called his secretary to his side and gasped fl hasten to inform his majesty af once i was his most faithful servant the soldiers threatened to massacre the entire delegation of peasants and students and a scene of the utmost eicitement fol lowed as the assassin was led through the governor's ante-chamber he turned to the crowd of peasants and cried i have done this for you the assassin's brother who had been in formed of the plan for potocki's murder committed suicide in another part of the citt at the exact moment the governor was siain the assassin declares that he committed the crime because he thought it his duty to revenge the i'oies for the oppression potocki's government had imposed on the peasants Â«, i o o f grand scribe dies by leap into well i h c feltman commits suicide while mind is unbalanced by illness salem 11 april l-.-henry c felt man present grand scribe of the encamp ment of the Illinois i o o f committed suicide at his home here last night by jumping into n well forty feet deep he had been in 111 health for several years and constant brooding unbalanced his mind he leaves a widow one son and a daughter grand master frederick p snelling of Chicago and other head officers of the odd fellows will attend the funeral tuesday henry c feltman vn3 born in st louis in 1849 but had resided here since 3850 he had been a delegate to every democratic state convention since he became of age he was postmaster here under cleveland's administration mayor elty clerk and judge thaw's mother offers summer home for rent plans to pass several months in eu rope with daughter pittsburg pa april 12 mrs wil liam thaw has advertised her summer home elmhurst grange located at cres son on top of the allegheny mountains for rent it is announced that mrs thaw will carry out her intention of spending the summer in europe with the former coun tess of yarmouth her daughter she may remain abroad for a year or more until the notoriety attached to the recent thaw trial dies out mrs thaw is at present at her winter home in this city her health is extremely poor lyndhurst her old home in this city is now offered for sale while the home that she recently built is occupied by her son joshua thaw offer ex-head of alton presidency of the erie peoria 111 april 12 through a friend of s m felton formerly president of the Chicago & alton and now president of the mexican central railway it was learned to-day that an offer had been made to him to become the president of the erie road the man who made the announcement ex pects mr felton will accept as the erie road is a more important road and more of mr felton's time could be spent in chi cago nearer to friends in the west mayoralty ty recount begins in new york court to-day jurors to decide whether mcclellan was elected in 1905 to be chosen hearst wins long fight battle waged constantly in ail tribunals and before the legislature xew york april 12 before justice john s lambert and a jury in part xviii of the supreme court to-morrow will be began proceeding fvi a recount of the ballots cast at the mayoralty election of 10t>3 the actual opening of the ballot boxes will be begun as soon as the jury is selected all the technical barriers against a re count have finally been swept away and the trial which is an issue in quo warranto begun by attorney general jackson will decide whether or not george b mcclellan was legally elected mayor of xew york xo legal proceeding in a generation has riveted so much of the public attention or approached closer to the fundamentals of the entire system of popular government for two years william randolph hearst has battled in the courts to secure the re count which will formally begin to-morrow twice the case has been carried through every court of the state the records of the various proceedings mostly technical moves against a recount fill several large volumes a hundred law yers have at different times directed the fight many judges have rendered decisions on the various law points raised people force recount law great mass meetings of citizens have been held to demand that the ballots be re counted moved thereby the governor of the state called upon the legislature to pass a law by which the end in view could be attained the bill was passed vetoed by the man who served in mcclellan's place tempora rily passed over this veto and thyen made a law hy receiving the signature of the governor still the fight wenctnr the court of appeals declared the law unconstitutional it seemed that so simple a thing as having a recount made of the ballots which had been carefully preserved under adverse con ditions even though an almost universal demand existed for such recount was im possible patience and determination won even in advance of the decree of the court of appeals on the constitutionality of the law the attorney general had applied to the court for permission to begin quo war ranto proceedings to test mcclellan's rigbl to the office fight wages in many places like a general engagement the fight waged in half a dozen places at once having once gone from the supreme court to the appellate division and then on to the court of appeals the case was once more carried successively through all of these stages on the right of attorney gen eral jackson to institute quo warranto proceedings after his predecessor r nad de clined to take such a step it was the beginning of the end while the court of appeals was declaring the recount law unconstitutional the lower courts were hurrying the proceeding for ward to the same final authority on the legality of the proposed quo warranto pro ceedings ou october 9 last this argument was liÂ»rrd at albany on march 6 came the decision it vindicated the right of the attorney general to open tee ballot boxes in any election distric that be might desig nate and the fight for a recount was won special jury panel drawn on march 30 the special panel of ijo jurors from whom the twelve that will pass upon the case will be selected was drawn in the supreme court and to-mor row morning these talesmen will assemble before justice lambert who has been brought rom buffalo it is thought that al least two days will be consumed in this task so that it will lie wednesday at east before the actual work of opening the ballot boxes will be begun the length of tlie trial is problematical but as each ballot must be examined by the jurors it is estimated that it will be a inoirth or two before the result is known home of rabbi is guarded against blackmailers police constantly present at residence of dr sehanfar ber 4049 grand boulevard he expresses no fear authorities believe threaten ing letters call for continued precautions however attempts to extort money from ilabbi tobias sehanfarber 4049 grand boule vard upon the threat of bodily injury to himself and family have resulted in the establishing of a detail of police about the house and constant watch is icept of the rabb and his family 'â– two threatening letters according to inspector hunt of the hyde park district were received by rabbi sehanfarber with in the past two weeks demanding 300 which was to be deposited in a certain spot at a stated time or vengeance would be meted out the matter was placed in the hands of lieutenant cronin of the police station at fiftieth and state streets and he in torn reported the facts to the inspector after consultation captain haynes and lieuten ant crouln were ordered to investigate the cuse further and upon the request of rabbi sehanfarber a detail of police was sta tioned at the hpuse night and day letter suggests glycerin a person connected with the rabbi's household denied that the police were watching the house upou the request of dr sehanfarber or any one else the statement was made that no threatening letters had been received and that none of the family had any fear later however dr sehanfarber was seen and he admitted that a threatening letter had been written concerning him and his religious work the final words suggesting the use of glycerine to exterminate his family this letter was mailed in may wood and all of the details connected with it have been placed in the hands of united states district attorney sims the rabbi said he has learned nothing further regarding the letter and does not know why the police are watching his home he admits that such is the case however and refuses to discuss the topic at length except to state that the police are not there by his request police consider guard necessary inspector hunt later reiterated his state ment that a guard had been thrown about the sehanfarber home to protect him and the members of his family from harm by enemies or cranks the case was first placed in ihe bands of lieutenant cronin said the inspector and after i was fully apprised of the facts i called captain haynes and lieu tenant cronin in and gave them instruc tions regarding it they have seen lit to place a guard about the home of rabbi sehanfarber and these men have been sta tioned there for the greater part of the w*eek day and night spoke against anarchists rabbi sehanfarber is the head of the kehilath aushe mayriv synagogue indiana avenue and thirty-third streel at the time father le 0 was assassinated by an anarchist in denver while administering communion at mass and during the actions of the amti-clericals and extremists in chi cago which followed dr sehanfarber is said to have expressed himself very for snapshot of mrs john d rockefeller john d rockefeller defies anarchists and kidnapers says i fear no one promenades in new york with grandchildren who were threatened in Chicago guards follow though oil king warns country boys against rushing to the big city new yoiik april 12 1 am not afraid of black-handers dynamiters anarchists kidnapers or anyone who lives john d rockefeller who possesses many millions made this statement to-day and to demonstrate his confidence in his own words paraded fifth avenue with a pretty little grandchild on each side of him it was these very children belonging to bis daughter mrs harold f mccormick that Chicago biaek-hauders had threatened to harm vll fashionable new york was on fifth avenue when the richest man in the world took his promenade it was the church hour and the thoroughfare was thronged with fashionably gowned women and meu every few hundred yards the millionaire had to stop to greet friends it was his first sunday in new york for nearly a year and during his trip from his resi dence in fifty-fourth street to the fifth avenue baptist church in forty-sixth street he had shaken hands just twenty three times at the church the count was lost for the members of the congregation gathered about him aur he shook bands with every one two detectives on guard mr rockefeller appeared to enjoy his walk and was not afraid of being molested there was a private detective alongside one of the children and another immedi ately in the rear they carefully scru tinized every one who stopped to speak to him and accompanied him within an arm's length until he had passed through the vestibule of the church there were three generations of the rockefeller family in the little procession to the church mrs job d rockefeller costumed in her familiar gull of gray rode ahead in the family coupe with a gov erness she reached the church several this photograph of the standard oil magnate and his grandchild utile muriel mccormick was taken on the at rival in new york under strong guard from the south of the rockefeller party l guard killed on loop mysteriously police hear of fight but em ploye gave starting signal too soon the body of frank a beufuss twenty one years old 3913 armour avenue a guard employed by the south side elevated railroad was taken from beneath a ear of the humboldt i'ark branch of the metro politan elevated railroad company at 8:30 o'clock last night by tlie police and em ployes of the union loop company at washington street and fifth avenue the left leg and arm had been cut off and the body was badly burned an inquest will be he'd to-day to determine whether the guard met liis death by accident or vio lence the tragedy is ihe second of the kind that has happened ou the south side ele vated railroad within the past few months in some mysterious manner lyman w barber if 11.;'.i indiana avenue secretary ol the standard car truck com pany was killed on the l road at t'w nty-sixth street l.is friends never were able lo learn the circumstances at icmuuii ,â€¢â– .-â– death motormau perry elberison of the hum boldt i'ark train heard a crushing sound then san a flash from the third rail he stopped the train immediately and with conductor james haul investigated they found the body beneath the ear and sent joseph vonaseck a jruard to the fifth avenue and madison street statiou to in form the officials a tew minutes later conductor o ilen jrickson in charge of a jackson park local train of the south side elevated uotitied rhe statiou agent at the quincy street sta tion that heilfuss was missing i'iic train lispntcher's oilice of the union elevated loop was then notified and inspector tat ick nolan was sent to search for heilfuss yvhile he was searching the message was received that the body of a man had been ound beneath the motor car of the hniii joldt i'ark train the central detail police were informed nel detectives ve-w assigned to investigate beports were circulated that beilfuss lad quarreled with fl passenger and that le might have been thrown from the train rhe police belie e lie fell while cross rom one ear to another or while leaning iver the last platform fixing the dun it v kj-ncaid a new guard is said lo have iolated one ot the company's rules by train withqut a signal from lie rear coaches where beilfufja was traffi on i h loop was stopped uu^)l ii h_l-**i 10,000,000 fire kills 4 injures fifty 1,500 families made home less as city of chelsea is nearly destroyed 20 blocks wiped out smoke from exploding oil tanks smothers sparks and saves east boston blaze hems in churches worshipers flee as 13 edifices fall with 5 schools and 2 hospitals results of disastrous fire at chelsea mass lives lost : 4 persons injured 50 families homeless 1 500 property loss -. 10,000,000 churches destroyed 13 hospitals destroyed 2 banks and savings institutions de stroyed ._} school buildings destroyed ... "^^^ business blocks destroyed 20 factories destroyed 30 tenements destroyed 300 public library and the city hull are in ruins boston april 12 a storm of fire riding with a gale that blew from forty-five to sixty miles an hour swept over the city of chelsea to-day destroying the larger part of the business and residential sections thousands of persons were driven from churches and homes anil so swift was the work of destruction that many had to flee for their lives two women and a man delayed to try and save some of the effects of their homes were burned to death half a hundred men and women are injured and some of them are not expected to live through the night another woman shot herself after going insane over the loss of her property fifteen hundred families are homeless the principal public and private buildings of the city are in ruins the property loss is estimated by the city solicitor to be 10,000,000 twenty business blocks destroyed among the structures destroyed were thirteen churches two hospitals the public library city hall five school buildings twenty business blocks a score of factories and upwards of 300 tenements five banks and savings institutions were burned and the money contained in them is still in the vaults strong forces of guards patrol all the streets to-night to pre vent looting but aside from the money in the vaults of the banks it is not be lieved that much of value will be re covered from the ruins of the burned district _^ at midnight the fire was believed under control a tnira j^pl elements of the fire alone saved the entire city and that part of east boston which at one time was seriously threatened from entire destruction oil tanks explode the fire bad advanced unchecked and the tight against ir had proved entirety futile from 10::!o in the morning until dusk when there was a terrific explosion and the oil tanks of the tidewater oil company on the water front burst into dames thousands of gallous of oil were soon burning and gigantic clouds of dense black smoke rose into hie sky turning the dusk into midnight ami terrifying the people who were being driven before the are but the black smoke proved a blessing in 1 strange guise for it caught up tin il in spar - :, id tmbera thai were scat tie tire ahead of the main column of same smothered them and became a protecting mantle tyiilg bu over chetsen lor a mile nr mon i tin east this spread of he fire and a district which Â« mid o!herwis have been ilestrovej^vas saved by t ikin aj^fctage of this check to th dames thc^m the fire finally â– b bit in its march thr â– â€¢ 1 in ns mar.-h the continued on 2d page 4th column continued on 2d page 2ri column ' *â– jo''uti 1-iai wiii'll - b -â€”,*___-> \ jpfweather indications m f j Chicago and vicinity gen a eraily fair monday and tuesday j v j not much change in temperature fig jui winds mostly southerly amf â€” it boosts results tlie services of the examiner employment exchange arc absolutely free to patrons of the help and situation wanted columns of the examiner and is a twentieth century method introduced by a twentieth century news paper as a means of increasing results for patrons of its columns : : : : : : ; .- its records spell success if you arc in search of a situation call and leave your ad and application : : : : ; â€žâ€¢ examiner employment exchange 70 washington street ik is it lost il fl'jy found columns of the ex j*3 \\ aminer will find it for you fljt j4 try it atyd be convinced tt